The Archaeological Museum of Korça, the only museum of prehistory in the country

The Archeological Museum of Korça, a city that has too much to offer to tourists, is the only museum of prehistory in Albania.
The museum displays some 1111 different objects, which go back from prehistoric period to the proto-historic one.
This Archaeological Museum, which is unique in its kind, was founded in 1985 at a characteristic building of the city, belonging to the 19-th century. The building itself, which is a cultural monument, due do its architectural values, shelters these archeological treasures belonging mainly to the southeastern regions of Albania, mostly from Korça area.
Timing of the exhibited objects displayed start from the Neolithic Age up to the developed phase of the Iron Age.
Several important prehistoric settlements, named as culture of Maliq, Potgoria, Dunaves, Trajan are represented in the museum, to end with a small session of post-prehistoric periods.
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